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An Australian team of scientists, studying about birds and marine wreckage for decades, used computer models updating those figures, calculating that more seabirds are affected swallowing plastic and it is about nine out of...

The typhoon Soudelor hit Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on Sunday, beat electricity on the 48-square-mile island. About 50,000 people live on the commonwealth’s four occupied islands, with most of...

The 193 member states of the United Nations have attained a contract on a new development agenda for the next 15 years that calls for eliminating poverty and hunger, getting gender equality, improving living standards...

Stephanie from Houston misses her astronaut father working at the International Space Station. Watch how her special message, written by 11 Hyundai Genesis, was delivered to her father in space. This message was officially...

There have been about 400 reported cases of inadvertent air bag deployments in the recalled vehicles, NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind said. The incidents have caused some minor injuries, but no known deaths, he told...

The devastating flood in Georgia created a situation where animals escaped from zoo. Heavy flooding in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, has killed at least 12 people, with officials warning people to stay indoors to...

A 23-year-old woman with a condition causing excessive hair development has revealed that growing a beard makes her feel more feminine. Harnaam Kaur, of Slough, Berkshire, suffers from polycystic ovary syndrome and a beard...

We have many beliefs and from these various myths have developed. One such case is with the gigantic tortoise. Determining the actual age of them is very difficult. Myth or belief: Giant tortoises live...

In the flood of 2013 and Uttarakhand tragedy the amazing Kedarnath temple survived and now the famous 5th century Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu survived the massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake that flattened several World Heritages...

Human rights protesters have raised their voice against the virginity test of female while recruiting them in military field. They said it has no scientific explanation. This is really shameful for a civilized country,...

After forcing deserted in their position, Rumadi, the Iraqi city has dropped to Islamic State, Said officials. The police and military made a disordered move away after days of powerful fighting. However, the US...

Over 100 Indians caught in crossfire in the Saudi Arabian town of Najran bordering Yemen have appealed to the Centre for speedy evacuation in view of intensified fighting between Houthi insurgents and Saudi-led union...

Super Typhoon Noul clipped the northeastern Philippines on Sunday, prompting thousands of people to seek shelter in evacuation centers. The storm, referred to as Dodong in the Philippines, hit land Sunday afternoon at the...

A large explosion has rocked the Indian Point nuclear plant in upstate New York, the facility’s management reported. Energy Corporation, the company running the plant, said the affected parts of the facility were “safely...

Al Jazeera’s Faiz Jamil visits a distribution point in Kathmandu where medicines are being handed out to local residents and health centres. It is not run by the government nor any nongovernmental organisation, but...

When I told my grandma that I was among a crowd of protesters pepper-sprayed while covering the demonstration-turned-riot at Baltimore’s Mondawmin Mall on Monday, her response was blunt. “Well, that should’ve been your answer...

Amateur photographer Martin Le-May, from Essex, has recorded the extraordinary image of a weasel riding on the back of a green woodpecker as it flies through the air. The photograph was taken at Horn-church...

Major road closures have shut down parts of Melbourne as thousands of people head into the city for two running events. Parts of the CityLink, EastLink, the Nepean Highway, the Westgate Freeway, the Domain...

Reporter Lisa Colagrossi, a fixture of New York’s ABC affiliate, WABC-TV’s morning’s news coverage, has died, the station announced on its website on Saturday. The Eyewitness News correspondent and anchor, 49, was returning from...

What happens when a world-class institution dedicated to the free exchange of ideas meets up with a government that doesn’t share those values? The latest episode of this drama played out Saturday evening at...

Louisiana is a state simultaneously dependent on the fossil fuel industry and deeply impacted by climate change brought on in part by its activity. Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, land continues to disappear from...